4 New business (gross of reinsurance).


New business premiums reflect income arising from the sale of new contracts during the reporting period and any changes to existing contracts, which were not anticipated at the outset of the contract. This is presented below for all long term business written by the Group including both insurance and investment contracts.

New annual premiums arise where the terms and conditions of a policy anticipate more than one premium being paid over its lifetime; new single premiums comprise all premiums which are not categorised as new annual premiums.

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Annual
2010
£m

Single
2010
£m

Annual
2009
£m

Single
2009
£m

1.

Risk annuity new business includes those premiums written in the with-profits fund of £26m (2009: £17m). For segmental profit reporting these contracts are incorporated with all other with-profits business in the Savings segment on the basis of materiality.

2.

Savings investments excludes institutional investments which are disclosed in Other funds.

3.

Excludes £5.9bn (2009: £7.9bn) which is held on a temporary basis, generally as part of portfolio reconstructions.

4.

Other funds comprises Legal & General Investment Management (segregated property, property partnerships, private equity partnerships), of £7,251m (2009: £2,464m) and Legal & General Savings Investments (institutional funds) of £1,452m (2009: £1,799m).

Protection

175

180

Annuities1

2,065

1,862

Total Risk

175

2,065

180

1,862

 

 

 

 

 

Investments2

26

6,169

32

4,092

Insured

299

1,795

144

1,307

With-profits

71

608

103

879

Total Savings

396

8,572

279

6,278

 

 

 

 

 

International

 

 

 

 

USA

52

49

Netherlands

6

124

8

142

France

22

297

14

293

India

13

7

Egypt

10

 

674

11,065

530

8,575

 

 

 

 

 

Investment management

 

 

 

 

UK managed pension funds3

 

 

 

 

– Pooled funds

 

19,898

 

25,606

– Segregated funds

 

5,756

 

3,381

 

 

25,654

 

28,987

Limited partnerships

 

229

 

34

Other funds4

1

8,702

1

4,262

 

1

34,585

1

33,283

Total new business

675

45,650

531

41,858

 

 

 

 

 

Comprising:

 

 

 

 

Insurance contracts

 

 

 

 

– Participating

1

1,236

2

1,217

– Non-participating

276

1,372

246

1,340

Investment contracts

 

 

 

 

– Participating

2

281

3

308

– Non-participating

369

2,658

247

2,221

Savings – investments (including France retail investment business)

26

5,518

32

3,489

Investment management

1

34,585

1

33,283

Total new business

675

45,650

531

41,858

The UK pooled managed funds of £19.9bn (2009: £25.6bn) reported above are classified as fund management contracts. The increase in the fair value of the investment contract liabilities is shown in the income statement. There are three classes of new business for conventional individual protection where there is a material difference between gross and net of reinsurance annualised new business premiums: term assurance, which is 36.6% reinsured (2009: 53.7%); whole of life assurance, which is 18.1% reinsured (2009: 12.4%); and income protection, which is 63.1% reinsured (2009: 39.1%).

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